For the last few days officers have been showing up at camps along Paris’ Saint-Denis canal in the evening to prevent migrants from settling for the night, in an escalation of bully tactics. The area, has been an ongoing zone of contention since France opted to wage an increasingly callous war on homeless and sans
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France: Progressives prepare to fight Macron anti-migrant laws
Campaigners are gearing up for the next round of fighting against Macron’s planned tightening of deportation laws in the early part of 2018 with a major rally this Saturday. The CSP93 campaign (named for the 1993 Pasqua Law revoking automatic citizenship to babies born on French soil) made the initial callout for a rally starting 2.30pm
France: Tower occupation set to win migrant workers their right to stay
A stunning victory for migrant workers could be on the cards following a two-week occupation of Semmaris Tower in Paris by 105 people demanding they and 23 other comrades be regularised and given full rights at work. The sans-papiers (lacking ID papers), who are organised with section 94 of the CGT union, have been holed up